VK Novi Beograd
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 Official logo | |
| Nicknames | Wolves |
|---|---|
| Sport | Water polo |
| Founded | 2015 |
| League | Serbian Water Polo Super League VRL Premier League Champions League |
| Based in | New Belgrade, Serbia |
| Stadium | SC 11. april |
| Colors | |
| Managing director | Goran Mandić |
| Head coach | Živko Gocić |
| Website | novibeogradklub |
VK Novi Beograd (Serbian Cyrillic: ВК Нови Београд), or Novi Beograd Tehnomanija (for sponsorship reasons), is a professional water polo club based in New Belgrade, Serbia. As of 2025–26 season, the club competes in the Serbian Water Polo Super League, VRL Premier League and Champions League.
The club was founded in 2015, by Serbian politician and former water polo player Aleksandar Šapić.[1] In 2020–21 season, the club made its debut in top-tier Serbian Water Polo League A, where they finished as runners-up. Also, they made the semi-finals of the Serbian Water Polo Cup. In second-tier European competition LEN Euro Cup, Novi Beograd made it to the eight-finals.
In 2021–22 season, the club significantly improved its roster, and made debut in the Regional League and LEN Champions League.[2][3] Also, Novi Beograd was named as host of LEN Champions League final tournament from 2021 to 2023. After coming up short in the Serbian Water Polo Cup, losing to VK Radnički Kragujevac in the final game, Novi Beograd eventually won the Regional League in 2021–22 by defeating the VK Jadran Split with 14–11 in the final game, securing their first trophy in history.[4] Duško Pijetlović was named the MVP of the final tournament.[4] It was also only the second trophy for the Serbian clubs in the competition's history. Novi Beograd won the 2021–22 Serbian Water Polo League A as well.[5] Novi Beograd finished their most successful season in club's history by losing in the final of 2021–22 LEN Champions League to Pro Recco on penalties.[6]
In 2022–23 season, Novi Beograd managed to defend the national championship, but was eliminated in the Regional League in semifinals, and was a runner-up in the Serbian Cup competiotion and the LEN Champions League. In 2023–24 season, Novi Beograd was triple-champion, having been crowned the Serbian League champion, the Regional League champion (for the second time) and Serbian Cup champion.[7][8]
Current squad
VK Novi Beograd squad as of 2025–26 season:[9]
| Player | Note |
|---|---|
| Miloš Ćuk | Captain |
| Pavle Gavrilović | GK |
| Milan Glušac | GK |
| Petar Pajković | GK |
| Luka Pljevančić | |
| Đuro Radović | |
| Luka Gladović | |
| Filip Janković | |
| Dušan Trtović | |
| Marko Dimitrijević | |
| Miroslav Perković | |
| Vasilije Martinović | Vice-captain |
| Nikola Lukić (water polo) | |
| Goran Grgurević | |
| Petar Vujošević | |
| Filip Ćorić | |
| Vuk Milojević | |
| Mitar Maraš | |
| Petar Radanović | Head coach |
| Čedomir Drašković | Ass. coach |
Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | RWP Regional | Domestic cup | European competitions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024–25 | 1 | Runners-up | Semi-finalist | Champions | 1 LEN Champions League | Runners-up |
| 2023–24 | 1 | Champions | Champions | Champions | 1 LEN Champions League | 4th place |
| 2022–23 | 1 | Champions | Semi-finalist | Runners-up | 1 LEN Champions League | Runners-up |
| 2021–22 | 1 | Champions | Champions | Runners-up | 1 LEN Champions League | Runners-up |
| 2020–21 | 1 | Runners-up | - | SF | 2 LEN Euro Cup | Eight–finals |
| 2019–20 | 2 | CX | - | QF | - | |
| 2018–19 | 2 | 2nd place | - | - | - | |
| 2017–18 | 2 | 10th place | - | - | - | |
| 2016–17 | 2 | 6th place | - | - | - | |
In European competition
Note: Updated as of 2022-23 season.
- Participations in Champions League: 3x
- Participations in Euro Cup: 1x
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Euro Cup | Round of 16 |  Vouliagmeni |
7-7 | 8-9 | 15–16 |  |
| 2021-22 | Champions League Finalist |
Preliminary round (Group A) |
 Ferencváros |
11-14 | 10-11 | 3rd place |  |
| Olympiacos |
9-12 | 12-12 | |||||
 Barceloneta |
11-9 | 12-12 | |||||
 Radnički Kragujevac |
16-10 | 13-11 | |||||
 Dinamo Tbilisi |
19-7 | 17-8 | |||||
 Brescia |
11-11 | 16-13 | |||||
 Jadran Split |
14-7 | 17-12 | |||||
| Quarter-final (F8) |  Marseille |
16–10 | | ||||
| Semi-final (F8) | Brescia |
14–13 | | ||||
| Final (F8) | Pro Recco |
13–13 (3–4 p) | | ||||
| 2022-23 | Champions League Finalist |
Preliminary round (Group B) |
Ferencváros |
14-13 | 12-14 | 2nd place | |
| Marseille |
11-4 | 17-13 | |||||
| Jug Dubrovnik |
12-12 | 11-11 | |||||
| Sabadell |
16-11 | 8-6 | |||||
 Spandau 04 |
13-8 | 16-5 | |||||
| Orvosegyetem SC |
17-9 | 11-9 | |||||
| Brescia |
11-9 | 9-12 | |||||
| Quarter-final (F8) | Olympiacos |
13–11 | | ||||
| Semi-final (F8) | Barceloneta |
8–8 (4–2 p) | | ||||
| Final (F8) | Pro Recco |
11–14 | | ||||